United Kingdom Construction Orders

Last Release

Dec 31, 2024

Actual

-0.1

Units In

-9.4

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

May 15, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 28 Days 8 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
132.6 Jun 2021	-46.3 Jun 2020	-0.13 %	1965-2024	Office for National Statistics

In the UK, new orders in construction measures the value of new orders of main contractors by type of work and region within Great Britain. Since April 2013, data have been supplied directly from Barbour ABI with a sample size of all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, plus 10,000 contractors per year.

Latest Updates

UK construction orders edged 0.1% lower year-on-year in Q4 2024, a sharp easing from the revised 9.7% decline in the previous quarter. The fall in new housing orders broadly moderated (-10.9% vs. -36.5% in Q3), with private housing orders declining at a much slower pace (-4.4% vs. -35.4%), while the decrease in public housing saw little change (-43.5% vs. -43.4%). Meanwhile, orders for all other work grew 4.7%, accelerating from 2.4% in Q3. On a quarterly basis, construction orders fell 2.4%, easing from a revised 23.7% drop in Q3.